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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1909
Page
6
A string of anecdotes and opinions touches on African animus civil service census debates church unions and marriage laws. It mentions George Ade Nobel and the Earl of Leicester, with digressions on farming methods, philosophy of women and a curious note on a Swedish miner showing a pay streak.
The piece savages a trend where public spaces like parks and landmarks are treated as commodities. It notes a New York weekly mockingly approving sales to visitors and cites an Iowa cattleman nearly buying Sherman Park. Policemen halt the deal, sparking broader critique of “paternalistic government” meddling.
A historical note describes a business man who favors violet ink for correspondence, citing its quick drying and striking color. It discusses ink properties, effects on readability, and colors like red and black, urging colored inks only for emphasis and warning that color usage can signal mental disorder in some readers.
A writer in a small town sends a rejected manuscript to an editor with an apologetic note and a carefully typed reply postcard asking about payment. The postcard is signed by a fictitious editor and mocks authors seeking wealth, as the town’s gossip and the man’s vanity are implied.
An essay by Andrew Garnégie contrasts wealth with happiness, arguing money should be a sacred trust for the public good rather than a god. It warns giant fortunes are rare and fragile, urging distribution to utilize abilities for better conditions and noting competence as essential while wealth remains nonessential.
The article discusses typhoid fever as a human infectious disease and notes historical observations on immunity. It cites 1596 findings that heat killed typhoid bacilli imparted bacteria killing properties and mentions Sir E B A Wright’s Boer War military vaccination trial using heat sterilized typhoid cultures.
Essays warn that excessive maternal devotion harms society and democracy. Edith Shackleton argues fond mothers display snobbery and misjudge their child’s good, urging educational reform over harsh censure. The piece notes historical examples and traces the term fond to early English meaning fool.
The article surveys gains in rubber cultivation, aluminum power in Britain, and theoretical biology. It cites Prof Bowles Ain, Prof WH Wilson, and Prof Edward L Nichols. It notes Maine glacial depth, Kalley’s comet return forecasts, and aims to link energy doctrine to future longevity and natural resources.
A historical discussion shows the air supports bulkier objects more, making a pound of feathers heavier than a pound of lead when weighed in air. With the air removed, both weigh the same, revealing weight as measured only by gravity independent of air buoyancy.
The passage describes a sprawling Chinese waterfront at Canton where the Imperial custom house overlooks countless boats. It portrays the floating homes of the poor where millions are born, wed, and die, existing with minimal rent and taxes in vast boat-dwellings.
The text paints a vivid picture of floating houses housing a marginalized community. It notes their subsistence through carrying merchandise and passengers, with many family members ashore for factory work. It also contrasts their pay with Chinese factory girls and states living costs and boat housing sizes and prices.
A comic vignette from a Philadelphia Inquirer page presents a neglected boy seeking et cetera in moral guidance from his mother and a visitor. A taunting loiterer conversation with a policeman provides social humor about duty and propriety. The piece ends with a quip on weekly allowances for a girl and lessons about managing money.
The Servian government accepts a European powers and Austria-Hungary settlement proposal delivered at Vienna. Serbia agrees to respected borders and will avoid protests over Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation while restoring military readiness to nominal levels. King Peter changes succession names naming George as Alexander and George as the new heir, with talks on schooling abroad for the latter prince.
Rey Horas Afrestad in Kons City faces forgery charges tied to a 875 000 ring and a ringnote placed in East St. Louis. John J. Trotien, his brother, was arrested in Upper Alton and later released. Horton Brothers & Trexs, founded 3895 in East St. Louis, allegedly issued questionable paper totaling about 106.00 dollars before vanishing.
The Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society will move lecturers and screening crews by train between New York and European ports to persuade newcomers to pursue farming in the West. The program precedes settlement and contrasts Western life with congested East city living, funded in part by Jaesh Teschiti.
In a public garden near Boylston Street station Boston, Laid Boyle, a well known Reston Globe reporter, shot his wife and then killed himself. Both died at once. Mrs Boyle aged about 30 and Boyle had suffered nervous tremors for years.
The family of Honey Dethers named the body found in a burned car from Council Bluffs to Valley, Nebraska, as him. The man, supposed dead in the shipment, surfaced in St. Louis alive and well, after being believed killed in the blaze and burial by his family.
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